polron

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UK/ˈpəʊl.ɹən/US/ˈpoʊl.ɹən/

A form of pauldron — A component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and back.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounpolron (plural polrons)

plural polrons

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of pauldron.

    […] & to rent their polrons from their shoulders. Whilest they were thus tearing each other, their horses ran from thē, and they fell to the ground […]

    1612, Thomas North (translator, of Plutarch), The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Etc, page 602
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